The Mumford surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,413 people carried this name — #5,431 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,244 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Mumford surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Mundford’.

An early record he cites: Adam de Mundeford, Norfolk, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Mumford and Munford.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 546 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Mumford was found among the farmers of 4 counties.

It was most frequent in Buckinghamshire: 18 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 556. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Buckinghamshire 18
Warwickshire 18
Cornwall 10
Essex 9

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

71 families named Mumford, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 393 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Mumford, Mumfoort, Mumpford. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Rhode Island 19
Maryland 14
North Carolina 12
Connecticut 6
New York 6
Maine 4
Massachusetts 4
Virginia 4
Vermont 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 254 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Mumford in American newspapers,
1899–1911.

Newspaper page from The Wilson Times carrying the name Mumford
The Wilson Times 1899-06-02
Newspaper page from The Garland Globe carrying the name Mumford
The Garland Globe 1906-07-07
Newspaper page from The Wilson Times carrying the name Mumford
The Wilson Times 1911-03-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,482 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mumford in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

10,320 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mumford. The most, 1,742, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 4,579
Queensland 1,922
Victoria 1,637
South Australia 1,349
Western Australia 615
Tasmania 169
ACT (Canberra) 37

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mumford.

Who carried it

People named Mumford,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Anthony Mumford d. 2006
  • Geraldine Mumford d. 1963
  • Elizabeth Mumford d. 1934
  • James Mumford 1606–1666 · Catholic priest
  • Sarah Mumford 1636–1692
  • Abigail Mumford 1710–1731

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mumford,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States599 records

599 records of the Mumford name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 241
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 129
  • Other U.S. records 229
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Elmer S. Mumford

    Born 1917 in Utah. Enlisted 1941 at Ogden; office clerk from Weber County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Ogden City Cemetery, Utah.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jimmy Earl Mumford

    Born 1946; from Bennettsville, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George H. Mumford

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 23; clerk. From Liverpool, England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 599 records for Mumford in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia435 records

435 records of the Mumford name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 199
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 91
  • Other Australian records 145
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Mumford

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Augusta Jessie, sailing from Portsmouth in 1834. Native of Finchampstead, Berkshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1843.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alice Amy Mumford

    Died 1923 in Hospital, Latrobe, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1923.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George H. Mumford

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Telegraph, aged 40; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 435 records for Mumford in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada306 records

306 records of the Mumford name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 255
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 19
  • Other Canadian records 32
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Nancy Mumford

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Blackett, bound for Port Roseway, aged 21.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Mumford

    Came to Ontario in 1870 aboard the North American, landing at Quebec, bound for Hamilton, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Michael J. Mumford

    Buried in 1986 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 32.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.

Showing 3 of 306 records for Mumford in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom30 records

30 records of the Mumford name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 19
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 6
  • Welsh wills index cards 5
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George Mumford

    Will proved in 1930; of Denbigh.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Mumford

    Buried in 1826 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 35.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Mumford

    Dorsetshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Mumford in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand21 records

21 records of the Mumford name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 19
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record David Andrew Mumford

    Died 1958, aged 84; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record A. Mumford

    New Zealand Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Catherine Annie Minnie Mumford

    Died 1954, aged 68; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Mumford in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

France4 records

4 records of the Mumford name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Eric William Mumford

    Born 1923 in the United Kingdom; died 1989 in Ligny-en-Barrois (Meuse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Sarah Ann Mumford

    Born 1961 in the United Kingdom; died 1992 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Samuel-Henry Mumford

    Born 1911 in Great Britain; died 2000 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Mumford in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Mumford name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Hilde May Mumford

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1893 in Bungay.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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